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Delegation of New gTLDs Did Not Degrade The Security and Stability of The Root DNS System
October 28, 2016 @ 6:19 AMThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.74 MB] a draft report regarding the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (CDAR). The study examines the technical impact of the New gTLD Program on the security and stability of the root Domain Name System (DNS)…
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New York City Domain Name Auction Tops $70,000 As Realestate.nyc Sells for $21,300
October 27, 2016 @ 1:13 PMReal estate terms sell for big bucks in .nyc domain name auction. Earlier today I wrote about a registry auction for .NYC domain names on NameJet. The auction has concluded with 19 of 20 domain names selling for a total of $70,650. RealEstate.nyc led the pack with a winning bid of $21,300, followed by Apartments.nyc…
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Verisign Reports $288 Million of Revenue in Q3
October 27, 2016 @ 1:08 PMVeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2016. Verisign ended the third quarter with 144.1 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the second quarter of 2016 was 73.8 percent compared with 72.7 percent for the…
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The Cliff is Here: Verisign Predicts .com/.net Domain Base to Fall This Quarter
October 27, 2016 @ 12:50 PMCompany forecasts a drop for Q4. Verisign (NYSE: VRSN) expects the total number of .com and .net domain names registered at the end of the fourth quarter to be less than at the beginning of the quarter. In other words, more domain names will be deleted than are registered during the quarter. CEO Jim Bidzos…
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Verisign Reports $288 Million Revenue, 0.9 Million Growth to Domain Base
October 27, 2016 @ 12:25 PMRevenue up, but new registrations down from a year ago. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) reported third quarter earnings after the bell today. The company reported revenue of $288 million for the third quarter, up 8.2% from Q3 2015. Net income was $114 million, up from $92 million in the same quarter a year ago. Verisign processed 8.3…
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Cost of Donuts' DPML Trademark Protection Service to Soar
October 27, 2016 @ 10:34 AMAt least one registrar is increasing the price by 76% as new TLD company hikes price of brand protection service. Top level domain name provider Donuts will significantly increase the price of its Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) on January 1, 2017. DPML enables trademark holders to block certain second level strings across its entire…
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Thick WHOIS is On Its Way to .com
October 27, 2016 @ 8:00 AMCurrent plan is to introduce it for new domains by May 2018. ICANN has opened a comment period about the implementation of Thick Whois in existing top level domains including .com and .net. .Com and .net currently use what’s called a “Thin whois”. In thin whois, the registrar (e.g. GoDaddy) manages the customer information portion…
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ICANN to Terminate Guardian's Last gTLD
October 27, 2016 @ 6:26 AMNewspaper publisher Guardian News & Media is out of the gTLD game for good now, with ICANN saying this week that it will terminate its contract for the dot-brand, .theguardian. It’s the 14th new gTLD registry agreement to be terminated by ICANN. All were dot-brands. The organization has told Guardian that it started termination proceedings…
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Sibername Announces That .courses and .study Domain Names are Now Available to Register.
October 27, 2016 @ 5:31 AMTeaching and Learning are both being given a boost with the availability and promotion of the new .courses and .study domain extensions. Sibername – Perfect solutions for your web presence in the field of education…
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Ship Explosion Cost ICANN $700k
October 27, 2016 @ 4:04 AMAn explosion on board a cargo ship set ICANN back $700,000, the organization has revealed. The September 1 blast and subsequent fire, which we blogged about two weeks ago, cause equipment heading to ICANN 57 in Hyderabad to be detained by authorities. The explosion, at the port in Hamburg, was reportedly caused by a welding…
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